Paul Foerster
Appearance
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Born | November 19, 1963 Rangely, Colorado, U.S. | (age 60)
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College team | University of Texas at Austin |
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Paul J. Foerster (born November 19, 1963 in Rangely, Colorado) is an American sailor.
He received All-American honors three times from the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association sailing for the University of Texas at Austin and competed at four Olympics Games in sailing: 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2004, winning total of three Olympic medals during his career. In the Flying Dutchman (FD) class he was successful with Stephen Bourdow (Silver 1992), and then in the 470 Class with Bob Merrick (silver, 2000) and Kevin Burnham (gold, 2004).
He now sails from Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Texas on Lake Ray Hubbard east of Dallas, Texas. Foerster was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2015.[1]
References
- ^ "Paul Jeffrey Foerster 2015 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- "Olympics/Paralympics 2004: Paul Foerster". ussailing.org. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011.
- "Americans edge Brits for first 470 sailing gold medal". USA Today. August 21, 2004.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Foerster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American male sailors (sport)
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Snipe class sailors
- Sunfish class world champions
- US Sailor of the Year
- People from Rangely, Colorado
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in sailing
- World champions in sailing for the United States of America
- Flying Dutchman class world champions
- Texas Longhorns sailors
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs